Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
Dates	26 July – 11 August
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (1st title)
Runner-up	Brazil
Third place	Korea Republic
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	76 (2.38 per match)
Attendance	1,525,134 (47,660 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Leandro Damião; (6 goals)
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The 2012 Men's Olympic Football Tournament was the under-23 football tournament. It was held during the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was held from 26 July to 11 August. All the national under-23 qualified football teams can compete. The defending champion was Argentina. The tournament was hosted in England (4 stadiums), Scotland (1 stadium) and Wales (1 stadium). 16 teams were qualified for the final group stage.

Teams

Means of qualification	Date of completion	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation		—	1	Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition	29 March 2012	Various (home and away)	3	Korea Republic Japan United Arab Emirates
CAF Preliminary Competition	10 December 2011	Morocco	3	Gabon Morocco Egypt
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition	2 April 2012	United States^[1]	2	Mexico Honduras
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition	12 February 2011	Peru	2	Brazil Uruguay
OFC Preliminary Competition	25 March 2012	New Zealand	1	New Zealand
UEFA Preliminary Competition	25 June 2011	Denmark	3	Spain Switzerland Belarus
AFC–CAF play-off	23 April 2012	Great Britain^[2]	1	Senegal
Total			16

Venues

London	Wembley Stadium Old Trafford Millennium Stadium St James' Park Hampden Park City of Coventry Stadium Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (United Kingdom)		Manchester
Wembley Stadium			Old Trafford
Capacity: 90,000			Capacity: 76,212

Cardiff			Newcastle
Millennium Stadium			St James' Park
Capacity: 74,500			Capacity: 52,387

Glasgow			Coventry
Hampden Park			City of Coventry Stadium
Capacity: 52,103			Capacity: 32,500

Group Stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Great Britain	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Senegal	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5
Uruguay	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2	3
United Arab Emirates	3	0	1	2	3	6	-3	1


26 July 2012
United Arab Emirates	1 – 2	Uruguay
Great Britain	1 – 1	Senegal
29 July 2012
Senegal	2 – 0	Uruguay
Great Britain	3 – 1	United Arab Emirates
1 August 2012
Senegal	1 – 1	United Arab Emirates
Great Britain	1 – 0	Uruguay

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Mexico	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Korea Republic	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
Gabon	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	2	4	-2	1


26 July 2012
Mexico	0–0	Korea Republic
Gabon	1–1	Switzerland
29 July 2012
Mexico	2–0	Gabon
Korea Republic	2–1	Switzerland
1 August 2012
Mexico	1–0	Switzerland
Korea Republic	0–0	Gabon

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Brazil	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9
Egypt	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
Belarus	3	1	0	2	3	6	-3	3
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4	1


26 July 2012
Belarus	1–0	New Zealand
Brazil	3–2	Egypt
29 July 2012
Brazil	1–1	Belarus
Egypt	3–1	New Zealand
1 August 2012
Brazil	3–0	New Zealand
Egypt	3–1	Belarus

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	2	1	0	2	0	+2	7
Honduras	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Morocco	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1	2
Spain	3	0	1	2	0	2	-2	1


26 July 2012
Spain	0–1	Japan
Honduras	2–2	Morocco
29 July 2012
Spain	0–1	Honduras
Japan	1–0	Morocco
1 August 2012
Japan	0–0	Honduras
Spain	0–0	Morocco

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal match

A1

Great Britain

1 (4)

B2

South Korea

1 (5)

South Korea

0

Brazil

3

C1

Brazil

3

D2

Honduras

2

Brazil

1

Mexico

2

B1

Mexico

4

A2

Senegal

2

Mexico

3

Bronze medal match

Japan

1

D1

Japan

3

South Korea

2

C2

Egypt

0

Japan

0

Quarter-finals

4 August 2012 12:00 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Japan	3–0	Egypt	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 70,772^[3] Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)
	Nagai 14' Yoshida 78' Ōtsu 83'	Report

4 August 2012 14:30 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Mexico	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Senegal	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 81,855^[4] Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
	Enríquez 10' Aquino 62' Dos Santos 98' Herrera 109'	Report	Konaté 69' Baldé 76'

4 August 2012 17:00 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Brazil	3–2	Honduras	St James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 42,166^[5] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
	Damião 38', 60' Neymar 50' (pen.)	Report	Martínez 12' Espinoza 48'

4 August 2012 19:30 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Great Britain	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Korea Republic	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 70,171^[6] Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
	Ramsey 36' (pen.)	Report	Ji Dong-won 29'
		Penalties
	Ramsey Cleverley Dawson Giggs Sturridge	4–5	Koo Ja-cheol Baek Sung-dong Hwang Seok-ho Park Jong-woo Ki Sung-yueng

Semi-finals

7 August 2012 17:00 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Mexico	3–1	Japan	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 82,372^[7] Referee: Gianluca Rocchi (Italy)
	Fabián 31' Peralta 65' Cortés 90+3'	Report	Ōtsu 12'

7 August 2012 19:45 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Korea Republic	0–3	Brazil	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 69,389^[8] Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)
		Report	Rômulo 38' Damião 57', 64'

Bronze medal match

10 August 2012 19:45 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Korea Republic	2–0	Japan	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 56,393^[9] Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)
	Park Chu-young 38' Koo Ja-cheol 57'	Report

Gold medal match

11 August 2012 15:00 [[Template:{{{1}}}\|v]] [[\|t]] [{{fullurl:Template:{{{1}}}\|action=edit}} e]	Brazil	1–2	Mexico	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 86,162^[10] Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Great Britain)
	Hulk 90+1'	Report 1 Report 2	Peralta 1', 75'

Team details

Brazil


GK	1	Gabriel
DF	2	Rafael
DF	3	Thiago Silva
DF	15	Alex Sandro
DF	6	Marcelo
MF	4	Juan Jesus
MF	8	Rômulo
MF	5	Sandro
MF	10	Oscar
FW	11	Neymar
FW	9	Leandro Damião
Substitutes:
FW	7	Lucas Moura
FW	12	Hulk
FW	17	Alexandre Pato
Manager:
Mano Menezes

Mexico


GK	1	José Corona
DF	3	Carlos Salcido
DF	2	Israel Jiménez
DF	4	Hiram Mier
DF	13	Diego Reyes
MF	5	Dárvin Chávez
MF	11	Javier Aquino
MF	6	Héctor Herrera
MF	14	Jorge Enríquez
FW	9	Oribe Peralta
FW	8	Marco Fabián
Substitutes:
DF	15	Néstor Vidrio
DF	16	Miguel A. Ponce
FW	12	Raúl Jiménez
Manager:
Luis Fernando Tena

Football At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Tournament Media

Map, showing countries which participate in men's football at the 2012 Summer Olympics
London, Wembley Stadium
Brazil (yellow) and Belarus (red) kick off their preliminary Olympic football match at Old Trafford on 29 July 2012
Millennium Stadium during a match between Team GB and New Zealand at the Olympics.
St James Park
2012 Olympic Football - Honduras v Morocco (3)
The Coventry Building Society Arena in Coventry, England, prior to a match between Coventry City and Derby County
The match of Great Britain against Senegal in Old Trafford, Manchester
Match between Brazil and Belarus
Juan Mata taking a corner in the match between Spain and Japan

Related pages

Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

References

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